NY Times Report on Teacher Pay Hikes

 

"It is the first time teachers in Alabama have seen a pay raise of this scale since 1983, according to the Alabama Education Association."

“The No. 1 sentiment has been: It’s about time, and it’s very much appreciated,” Amy Marlowe, the association’s executive director, said. “They also were in disbelief, I think, for about a week. We heard from a large number of teachers who were just contacting us making sure that they heard it correctly, and it wasn’t some kind of joke.”

FULL N.Y. Times story HERE.